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PRINTING BLOCK.

' No. 265,017. Patented Sept. 26. 1882.

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UNITED STATES FFlCEs JOHN E. CAPS, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO MARIE GAPS, OF SAME PLACE.

PRINTING-BLOCK.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 265,017, dated September 26, 1882.

Application filed December 29, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN E. CAPS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,

have invented a new and useful Printing-Block,

of which the following is a specification.

The objectof the invention is the production of an improved printingblock; and it consists in a block to which is secured a printing-sur- IO face of paper, which is fitted for its use by being treated, as hereinafter described, with albumen, beeswax, and plumbago. I attain this object by the devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- 1 5 Figure l is a perspective view of a block made type high. Fig. 2 is a view of the same block with a piece of hard-finished demi or book paper securely glued or pasted on one of its sides, with spaces designated for printin g in three colors-via, yellow, red,and blue. Fig. 3 is a view of the same with all of the surface of the block out down except the part which is toprint the yellow. Fig. 4 is a view of a block with all of the surface out down ex- 2 cept the part which is to print the blue. Fig. 5 is a view of a block with all the surface cut down except the part which is to print the red.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Out the blocksathe desired size out of cherry or some other soft wood. Make them typehigh, as shown in Fig. 1. Then take an impression (from your type or cut of what you want to tint or print in colors) with plenty of black ink. Then take a piece of hardfinished deini or book paper, lay it on the fresh proof, and put the-same under a letter or copying press, wherefrom you will receive a perfect offset or reverse print on the demi-paper. Then 40 take the best of white glue and cover one side of the cherry block. Then place the paper (the white side next to the glue) on the block and put it again under the letter or copying press, with plenty of soft paper on top of the deini-paper 0, so that every portion of 5 the demi-paper will be equally pressed to the block,as shown in Fig. 2. As soon as the glue is set take the block from under the press,and with a knife or small gouge out out or down all of the surface of the block exceptwhat you want to print in one color. After this is done cover all of the surface you have left to print with a strong solution of albumen. While this is drying take a chamois and rub some beeswax over it evenly. Then take the block and rub the paper side violently over the beeswax (on the chamois) until you get the albumenized surface of the block slightly covered with the beeswax. Then cover another chamois, with plumbago or black-lead and rub the block over it, the same as you did the beeswax, until the surface is thoroughly covered with the plumbago, and the block is ready for the printing-press. Should you desire to print in three colors-say red, blue, and yellow-you might 6 5 cut out the red and blue first, and that block would print the yellow,as shown in Fig. 3. The other block you might out out the yellow and blue, and that block would print the red, as shown in Fig. 5; and the other block you would cut out the yellow and red, and it would print the blue, as shown in Fig. 4, the part marked white in Fig. 2 being out out in each block, so you would have a block for every differentcolor, they allbein g prepared in the man- 7 5 ner before described.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- A block having a printing-surface of paper treated, as described, with albumen, beeswax, and plulnbago, for the purpose set forth.

JOHN E. GAPS.

Witnesses:

G. E. ADAMsoN, E. L. SPENGE. 

